Lot 8
  • 8

Alexander Calder

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Calder
  • Dots Along the Blue
  • signed and dated 63
  • gouache and ink on paper
  • 27 by 40 in. 68.6 by 101.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1963, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A02364.

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia 
Private Collection, Philadelphia (acquired in August 1969)
By descent to the present owner from the above in 1997

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged to the backing board along the top edge of the sheet. The edges of the sheet are deckled on all sides. The sheet undulates slightly due to the artist's choice of medium and working method. Framed under Plexiglas.
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